Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-14
GENERAL aIARKETs.


| CHICAGO, ILL, July l5.-Wheat-MarEet
! opened fairly trm, but there was not much bus
! nets doing and listless feeling pcrYadee
/ the pit. August started at - q, but
within an hour after the opening squirt of
! local selling had hammered Il down TO Il &C. a
| large share of this easy feeling came from free
receipts of new wheat In 81 Louis and other
/ markets, ana hcayy local sales by local opera
/ tors. Not so much talk was heard of export
/ ers' actions, as they only took III COO bushels
| yesterday at New y rk, and Il was well on 10
| noon here before It could be learned that they
/ had done anything at all to-day. When
/ It was found they were still locked
| buying followed which induced recovery TO
/ re and the session closed with August steady
at that 0Eure, There were plenty of buyers In
/ the corr pit to-day ana prices were correspond
! ingly stiff, Advance was little over &c net at
the time the market nurg on fractions between
2Ga@6lz, but in the general way the AG' 1nce
was steady aud of healthy character, and the
close of the market was firm nj The following
quotations. August sold from 1896 C. snort
ribs were active hut an unsettled feeling pre-
vailed. The impression that trade In
improve f''i in the near ear ''f future ana
that the dullest season hat passed. Good con
sumptve demand is having it' effect, and
the shorts were anxious to cover, ana every
body apparently wanted to get few short ribs.
Competition among buyers was brisk, and the
offerings being light prices az anced 3JGj5c
! followed. but the market closed steady ana
/ ID &c higher than yesterday, August opened 1t
s. " ,, sold to = 31lzc but closed at 5 OK;
! January sold 10 - UOG6 10. Lard was quiet but
stegd!er at : 81 at 65, but closed at - ~.
/ Mess pork received q fair attention ana year
| sold At Sll 40Gl2 90. and closed at SIT 30.
/ Leading futures closed Is follows HneCt-
july 1i5ci August &c; September nc; Octo-
| Der I55.c. COrn-July $780, Angus! ~. &C.;
September 81 G3I-aCj OCTOBER 1EsC. Mess
| pOrk-ICar Sll 80 Lsrd-JulyS6 ga; August
| S. ~; September So 6T4 october s. 10
short ribs-July = OK; August $ oI5z; sep
TENDER, Sc III; October, }. 20. Cash luols-
! - firm at former quotations. No cpring
wheat, ia Il &c; No. red, ~ u &c No ,
| corn, 357sc. Mess pork, per barrel, SIS GOA
| Is GO. Lard, per 100 lbs, s. 5Ji short ribs,
! sides, loose, = C5GS 10; dry sailed shoulders,
| bsNet, - SUG6 co. short clear sides, boxed
| NEW YORK, July -Flour-Firm. Wheat
! Spot lots sc lower on spring, snd s5ul5sc on
winter grades, closing heavy. Export business
was faiT, options declined 'sUl-4G early, the
most marked on July, closing weak at about
tive. Spot No. red So &c elevator; - . q 81 &c
delivered: STA sc +. o S4ds+ &c TO arrive
JUly S3G SIC closed at S5c; August ST. GSi c,
closed al sjzc: September - S-l6ce5e, closed
al II c. october - Cc6c closed NJ sac; No
vewUcr s. as &c, closed - C. COTn-SpOt lots
firm, closing a shade higher; options opened
&c lower, bat later recovered from the qecll2es
out closing weak; spot 40 &c elevator ,
44s G45c' delivered: a &c canal ati1at; Aus Ust
Il a 4jc, closed at 4jC; September 46taG46sc
closed at 45i,c; October iGs. CHIC closed Il &C.
Cofee-S4.es 1850 bags, spot fair bio
moderately mod active; July 81 15aIi 80; August
5 : 4CGl7 80 September 81 509l7 =; Oc-
tober ST. 6OGI7 20; November 81 6jGII -;
December Si7 iO6l7 50; January So l5Gl7 So
February Sl7 sOG17 30; March 81 30; April
81 sosI7 -; May 81 %. sugar-Firm; fair
demand; refined firm. Molasses-Quiet
Pork-Stronge old mess, SIS 00G %; new
do Sl6 OOGl65O. Cut meats-Firm; picked
bellies SIC; picked hams l2Gl2isr. Lard
Opened strong and sal points higher closei
/ weak advance partly partly lost; western
steam spot So g2l<; August 50 90G6 50 Septem-
Der IS 9g67 o.; october s. O4d1 10; November
| S. 9lG6 90; city steam S. 50.
ST. LOUIS. Mo-, July l5-Flour quiet and
dull, unchanged. Wheat lower. Larger re-
ceipts and general bearish feeling caused a
&c decline, which recovered, to again decline,
and closed 54Glc below yesterday; No ? red,
cash. ISisi July $685. closing al I3ci August